work

noun

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The verdict

“work” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,253
frequency rank, Portuguese
110
“W” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - trabalho

Corpus desk

Index PT-work · work · Portuguese

work · rank #6,253 · 6 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,253
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 110
  • PHOTO-FINISH visualizar

Nearest frequency peer: visualizar (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “work”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “work” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

work vs worm
75% similar
work vs worth
60% similar
work vs worry
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for work
PropertyValue
Headwordwork
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,253
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “work”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).workcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “visualizar” (#6,252), “ângulo” (#6,254), “ícone” (#6,255). Entre 110 lemas com “W”, “work” fica em #6,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around work, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,253 among 110 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for work, with forms such as "owrk", "wokr", and "workk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "worm", "worth", "worry", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is work, spelled W-O-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    trabalho
  2. 2
    obra
  3. 3
    serviço; emprego
  4. 4
    esforço; trabalho

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how work appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It is a work of art.
  2. I go to work everyday.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owrk
  • wokr
  • workk
  • worrk
  • wrok
  • wwork

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of work - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

owrk2wokr2workk1worrk1wrok2wwork1
Edit distance from "work"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "work"?
"work" is spelled W-O-R-K.
What does "work" mean?
As a noun, "work" means: trabalho
What words are commonly confused with "work"?
"work" is commonly confused with "worm", "worth", "worry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "work" come from?
"work" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "work", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

leal#6,202jazz#6,199know#6,311Igor#6,193

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ícone6 variantstigre6 variantsapelo6 variantssaído6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list